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Total deaths from contagious diseases rose 86% to 12,598 from 6,767 in 2019

Earlier, 13,112 new subscribers had joined the NPS in February 2022

It points to a sharp divergence in inflation in the cereals sub-group

Rebasing CPI necessary to make index relevant to present consumption patterns

Experts see 25 bps hike in April; say wheat output may dip due to heat wave; El Nino may emerge as key determinant of food prices going ahead, if it strikes this summer

Comparing a data point that has been revised 3-4 times with another that is still called 'advanced estimate' isn't a cases if apples-to-apples but of apples-to-oranges, says V Anantha Nageswaran

Govt capex carries capital formation

Quarterly PLFS survey for urban India shows unemployment rate stagnated at 7.2% after declining for five consecutive quarters

Core inflation, that excludes food and fuel prices, remained sticky above the 6% mark

In the first three quarters of FY23 (April- December), IIP grew 5.4 per cent against 15.2 per cent during the year-ago period

Mining output rose by 9.8 per cent and power generation increased by 10.4 per cent during the month under review

Only 285,226 new state government employees joined the NPS, as compared to 321,255 subscribers in the corresponding period last year

The US Supreme Court has declined to block a WhatsApp lawsuit that alleged that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group unlawfully accessed WhatsApp servers when installing Pegasus on users' devices

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The RBI and the World Bank have projected 6.8 per cent and 6.9 per cent GDP growth respectively for FY23

The output of the manufacturing sector is estimated to decelerate to 1.6 per cent as against a growth of 9.9 per cent in FY22

Although Maharashtra is the leading sugar producer in the country, Uttar Pradesh has the highest sugarcane output value in the country

India's urban unemployment rate improved across genders and age groups to its best-ever level in the quarter ending June 2022

New EPF subscribers increased marginally to 10,54,261 in June from 10,07,441 in May 2022 and 10,09,689 in April, according to data published by the National Statistical Office

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that out of 29 phones submitted for examination, malware was found in five, but there is no conclusive proof that the spyware was Pegasus